Hanover Street and the branch of the Bank of England, Liverpool. “From a drawing by W. G. Herdman, in the
Liverpool Free Public Library.” Source: Muir's Bygone Liverpool, Plate 91.

Text accompanying the engraving

In the year 1827 the Bank of England decided to open a branch
in Liverpool, and purchased for the purpose the house built
between the year 1730-1740 by Thomas Steers, the engineer
who constructed the old dock. This house was fronted with
a stone of excellent design, and was the first large stone-fronted
dwelling-house erected in Liverpool. In 1769 it was occupied by
Thomas Seel, a large property owner, whose name survives in Seel
Street, and its beautiful extensive garden reached almost to Colquitt
Street. The house is still standing, and is occupied by Messrs.
Evans Sons, Lescher and Webb, Ltd., who bought it from the
Bank of England when the branch was removed to the new building
prepared for it in Castle Street. It is shown as the second house in
the picture, which is a view of the south-east side of Hanover Street
from Seel Street to Bold Street. At the period the house was built
Hanover Street was a fashionable locality. Mr. Parr's house, to
which was attached a beautiful garden, was at the corner of College
Lane, and there were other fine houses in the close neighbourhood.
Mr. Sadler also resided in Hanover Street, his bathing establishment
being much resorted to. He attracted a great deal of attention by his
interest in aeronautics, and attempted to cross the Irish Channel,
ascending in Dublin for that purpose; but his balloon fell into the
sea when off the Welsh coast, and he was saved with great difficulty
by a fishing-boat.
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Reference

Muir, Ramsey. Bygone Liverpool illustrated by ninety-seven plates reproduced from original paintings, drawings, manuscripts, and prints with historical descriptions by Henry S. and Harold E. Young. Liverpool: Henry Young and Sons, 1913. Internet Archive version of a copy in the University of Toronto Library